Chapter 1037: Time changes and things change differently
Chen Ying, who was in the capital, soon received news that the three evil spirits in Zhongnan and their minions had all been destroyed.
Smile, I was quite satisfied with this result...
A group of martial arts powerful men, through the joint efforts, were able to destroy the well-known three evil groups in Zhongnan, which were in the cultivation world. This kind of strength was within his expectations.
By the way, time is like flowing water, and it has reached the forty-eighth year of Wanli.
Chen Ying is already ninety years old and has been in charge of the Ming Dynasty cabinet for thirty-eight years.
During his reign, the national power of the Ming Empire was always improving, and there was no historical fact that it was first and then suppressed.
None of the three major battles in Wanli and any court battles appeared.
Emperor Wanli liked to play the trick of living in seclusion in the palace, so Chen Ying simply let him fall into the gentle land of the palace.
As for the court struggles, with Chen Ying as arbitration, there was no major turmoil at all. Any ambitious person who wanted to do whatever he wanted to do was not very good in the end.
Although he was afraid of the power of Buddhism in Jiangnan, Chen Ying did not restrain his hands and feet too much.
All officials who were unsatisfied were sent to Jiangnan, which made the officialdom in Jiangnan seriously trampled on the inside and out of power and almost fought against money.
Chen Ying was not polite about Jiangnan, and the tax collection idea he should have proposed was not left behind. As for whether he could do it, it was another matter.
In fact, the power of the Jiangnan family and gentry is indeed strong, and they have always been incompatible with the orders of the court.
Even if the court replaced all the officials in the Jiangnan region, it was still impossible to force the local forces in the Jiangnan region to bow their heads and surrender.
How before, after...
Even after being forced to collect taxes by the court in various ways, some local forces in Jiangnan have already jumped out in public and fought against the court.
Chen Ying doesn't care much about this...
He didn't need to take action himself, so the northern officials did not give up the great opportunity to beat the dog in the water.
In short, the court is generally stable and has been fighting hard in private.
Unfortunately, the power of the eunuchs in the Wanli Dynasty was not very good, otherwise Chen Ying would have the idea of using the eunuchs to directly confront Emperor Wanli and the local forces in Jiangnan.
Jiangnan remains the same, and local forces take action to block the situation, and it is impossible to do anything in the box.
In particular, some local forces jumped out to fight against the court, and openly annexed land and bullied the weak, and a large number of civilians became landless tenants and refugees.
In other words, the Jiangnan area was rich, otherwise there would have been a turmoil.
Chen Ying was not polite to the powerful local people in Jiangnan. Any evil deeds that were spread out with evidence would be sent to the court to take the initiative to be fair.
For this reason, almost every year the imperial envoy went south was killed.
Such a thing is really sensational...
The court had the idea of sending border troops south for a while, but unfortunately, Chen Ying felt several powerful auras of monks, forcibly suppressed this unreliable suggestion.
If he could really solve the Jiangnan issue through tough measures, Chen Ying would not have watched the situation develop to the present level.
Damn, what he was worried about was that some powerful monks who had a close relationship with the powerful forces in the south would directly intervene.
From the Huashan Fierce Fire Patriarch, he knew that the top strong people in the world of cultivation were almost all Buddhists.
Chen Ying's cultivation level at this time had half his foot entered a higher level.
But it has not crossed that threshold, it has not crossed the past.
With his strength at this time, it is no problem to become a strong man in the cultivation world, but if you want to compete with the top presence in the cultivation world, you still have some strength to be unpredictable.
Of course, he wasn't afraid of anyone...
As the national strength of the Ming Empire increased year by year, Chen Ying was surprised to find that the imperial fortune was gradually increasing.
Even with Emperor Wanli's terminal illness, he clearly felt that there was a mysterious connection between himself and the dragon of national fortune.
In perception, he can directly use part of the power of the dragon of the country's fortune.
As for what level the power of the national fortune dragon has reached, Chen Ying has never tried it, but it is absolutely terrifying to see it in the dark, which is definitely beyond imagination.
Especially in the capital, he was confident that even those top Buddhists in the world of cultivation would be able to make them look good.
With such an understanding, he was naturally quite rude in dealing with Jiangnan. He did whatever he should do, without any scruples.
Not to mention the ruins in Jiangnan, the affairs there were only dispersing a small part of Chen Ying’s mind.
He has been the chief minister of the cabinet for so many years. In addition to thinking about his own cultivation, a large part of his mind has been focusing on developing northern regions.
The powerful local tyrants in Jiangnan are powerful, and the distance is relatively long, so it is difficult to take care of for a while and there is nothing we can do about it.
But there is not as much trouble in the north as the south.
Whether it is the powerful and noble people in the capital or the Confucius and Mencius family in Shandong, how can they withstand the continuous pressure from the court?
It’s better to be in charge of the cabinet, and Chen Ying is the rulemaker.
He was too lazy to use any tough measures. Wherever he didn't cooperate, the Jinshi and Juren quotas would be affected.
For scholars, this is a huge thing.
Even the children of the Confucius and Mencius family cannot afford the overwhelming risks.
In addition, with the large-scale eastward advance of the Guanzhong warriors, Chen Ying was nominally and had the power to control the entire northern region easily.
It was natural to develop the economy and quietly start maritime trade afterwards, and it was not affected by the Jiangnan forces at all.
The most active force in flame retardant opening of the sea is the aristocratic families and maritime merchants in Jiangnan.
If it were during the previous period of Emperor Jiajing, the Jiangnan forces could still make the matter of opening the sea absurd.
But now...
The imperial envoy sent to Jiangnan by Ma Ma was killed more than one or two, and had long been in the same situation as the court, and there was no room for ease.
At the beginning, there were really some court officials who opposed it, but when they saw that the Jiangnan forces were also involved, they immediately changed their tone and attitude.
In short, under the strong promotion of Chen Ying, except for the first ten years, the development of the entire northern region in the rest of the years has been on the fast lane.
With the technology related to the central region and the strong support of the warrior group, the economic reform in the northern region was quite smooth.
Ahem, I have to say that a group of sects in the world have played a very huge role in it.
Take a closer look. The Songshan Sect, Shaolin, Sun and Moon Sect, Hengshan Sect, Taishan Sect and other Jianghu forces are really mixed in the northern region.
At this time, these sects of the world curled up with Chen Ying and made great contributions. In order to get a further opportunity, they really did their best to perform in various ways.
With the strong support of these powerful local tyrants, let alone the capital, even Liaodong has been developed quite well...